| Marlene Perez introduced high school student Daisy | | | | caffeinated beverages, but even her sweet tooth is no |
| Giordano in the book Dead is the New Black. At first, | | | | match for that of the creepy doubles. There's also a |
| Daisy was the only "normal" in a family of psychics. By | | | | pack of ill-behaved werewolf pups on the loose. |
| the end of the book, though, Daisy began to find her | | | | Between that and her new job at Slim's, it's amazing |
| psychic powers. The story continued in Dead is a | | | | Daisy has time for solving paranormal mysteries...or |
| State of Mind. | | | | snuggling up to her boyfriend Ryan. This teen psychic |
| In this third and strangest installment in Marlene Perez's | | | | has amazing time management skills! |
| "Dead" series, Daisy Giordano (now 17) comes face to | | | | This is a fun series, and I look forward to the fourth |
| face with a man who looks exactly like her | | | | installment, Dead is Just a Rumor. 'Rumor' is slated to |
| long-missing father, Rafe. Where has he been all these | | | | be released in the fall of 2010, according to Marlene |
| years, and why hasn't he tried to contact Daisy, her | | | | Perez's official website. There's also a fifth book, Dead |
| mother or her two sisters? The answer may have | | | | is Not an Option, which is scheduled for spring 2011. |
| something to do with the sugar-craving | | | | *Quick language lesson: "Doppelganger" comes from |
| doppelgangers* running around town (especially the | | | | the German for "double goer." Quick lit lesson: the |
| area of Nightshade around the donut shop.) Budding | | | | ultimate doppelganger story is "William Wilson" by |
| foodie Daisy has a weakness for chocolate and | | | | Edgar Allan Poe. |